Litigation
Litigation
PROTECT: Your IP, Inventions, Products, Brand Identity, Creativity....
Whenever possible, we resolve disputes outside of court to save you the substantial expense of litigation.
We draw from our litigation experience and intellectual property law specialization to resolve your intellectual property disputes on favorable terms. We enforce your intellectual property against third parties using your IP without your authorization. If you are accused of infringing another party's intellectual property, we step in to defend your interests and to seek a favorable resolution.
A Sampling of Our Federal Intellectual Property Litigation Cases
- Odom v. Attachmate Corp. et al, 3:09-cv-00406-AC (Dist. Oregon 2009)
- Catch Curve, Inc. v. FaxBack, Inc., 1:09-cv-0872-BBM (N.D. Georgia 2009)
Enforcing Your Intellectual Property Rights
Watch us spring into action if another party is infringing your intellectual property rights. Often, we can stop further infringement of your rights with a well-written cease-and-desist letter. In the cease-and-desist letter, we demand that the other party stop infringing your rights and remedy the damages they have caused. Should a negotiated settlement be required, we negotiate on your behalf to press for your interests in the settlement.
Whenever possible, we resolve disputes outside of court to save you the substantial expense of litigation. However, sometimes litigation in court is the best option and should be aggressively pursued. When litigation is necessary, we pursue the highest monetary damages available and seek court orders requiring the other party to stop infringing your intellectual property rights.
We have a variety of additional tools at our disposal to solve and avoid intellectual property disputes, including:
- Monitoring new trademark filings to keep you informed of potential conflicts with your trademark rights when you are in the strongest position to stop problems before they start;
- Opposing and canceling trademark registrations via the Trademark Trial & Appeal Board to preclude others from registering trademarks that conflict with your trademarks;
- Providing you with infringement opinions to inform you whether a competitor's product infringes your patented invention; and
- Advising you how to properly mark your products to ensure you are entitled to the full patent law remedies available.
Defending You from Intellectual Property Liability
We strongly believe that avoiding liability in the first place is better than defending against liability claims later. Indeed, taking steps to avoid liability from the outset is far less expensive and less disruptive.
We provide a variety of services to help you avoid liability, including clearance searches and clearance opinions, also known as patent infringement opinions, trademark infringement opinions, and copyright infringement opinions. We can advise you how to take defensive measures to avoid liability, such as filing strategic patent applications and trademark applications, as well as entering into license agreements or cross-license agreements.
However, sometimes you are caught completely off-guard by claims they you are infringing another party's intellectual property rights. When this happens, we step in to aggressively defend your position and to resolve the matter on favorable terms. We have successfully defended our clients against numerous claims of infringement – many instances resulting in settlements where our clients did not pay the other party any money.
Local Counsel
We provide local counsel services to out-of-state clients and law firms who are involved in litigation at the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. Benefit from our knowledge of local rules, controlling precedent, and the Oregon legal community.
